Four Christian Peace Activists Kidnapped

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Tom FoxNorman Kember
James LoneyHarmeet Singh Sooden

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A previously unknown group, calling themselves the "Swords of Righteousness Brigade" has kidnapped four Christian peace activists in Baghdad. The four were members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), an organization dedicated to offering "an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict." A video of the captives was broadcast on Al-Jazeera television on November 29 where they were accused of being spies. Those kidnapped are two Canadians, Jim Loney (41) and Harmeet Singh Sooden (32), a Briton, Norman Kember (74) and an American, Tim Fox (54).

Pray that the men will be allowed to safely return home. Pray for their protection while they are in captivity. Pray also that they will clearly display the love of Christ to their captors.

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(Source: Christian Peacemaker Teams)

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39,650,145 (July 2021 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Arab (75-80), Kurdish (15-20), Turkoman, Assyrian, and other (5)

Religion (%)
Islam (95-98), Christianity (1), other (1-4)

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